Terry, just for clarification's sake: which countries in Africa did those student immigrate from--Ghana? Nigeria? I am curious as to their race, though, as Africans are not all people of color. Maybe you meant BLACK students?

Doogie, you indeed write like a 14 year old with a thesaurus, but without the 120 IQ. Beginning with "portend" you use big words improperly and without awareness of their true meaning. The entry of an accused criminal into the...

Excellent ideas. As a AA OPRF alum with IVY league JD/MBA, I think we need to have the tough discussions. This issue is the same as 80's but i can tell you it was not as drastic. There is a gap that needs to be addressed - with innovation and...

Skippy: Game on. The small group of Oak Park residents who want the bottleneck are the people who want us out of our ecologically gasoline driven dirty cars and on to bicycles and mass transit for everyone lead by the Village trustee who made the...

Mr. Popowitz, with all due respect, your argument here is a non sequitur. While you can challenge home rule for a number of reasons, there is nothing inherent in home rule authority that enabled or even aided McCampbell's alleged crimes. He...

OK, mythbuster, I'm game...who is this small group of OPer's, & what is their vested interest in keeping the bottleneck?? For my part, more lanes are needed, & I'm certain it can be done w/in the existing footprint.